Casady School - Twister Yearbook (Oklahoma City, OK)

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Casady School was founded in i947 by men of vision and faith . . . The Right Reverend Thomas Casady, then Bishop of the Diocese of Oklahoma, and a group of Epis- copal laymen . . . who were deeply concerned about the education, development and future of young people. lt answered the demand for a church school where Christian principles would be taught . . . where competition and personal attention would be given proper emphasis . . . where highest standards of teaching, worship and service would be-skillfully integrated to provide a sound educa- tional foundation. The grounds for Casady School were already there . . . on the corner of Britton Road and Pennsylvania Avenue . . . 40 acres, a house and two barns . . . one for hay, the other for polo ponies. lt had been given to the diocese by Edward J. Miller. lmmediate financial assistance was assured for the new college preparatory day school through the generosity of Senator A. S, Mike Monroney, who had previously turned over to Bishop Casady, for use in youth work, his i945 Collier's Distinguished Congressional Award of SiO,- OOO. Because of his early and continued interest in Casady School, Senator Monroney was selected as principal speaker at the Announcement Dinner, planned for the purpose of revealing the school's long-range development program. A faculty of four was on hand in October, I947, when the doors were opened to 33 students. Grades 7, 8 and 9 held forth in the remodeled barn now known as Cochran Hall and named after Almond C. Cochran, first president of the Board of Trustees, The Library upstairs in the old hayloft was given by Gloria Huckins Morris in memory of her parents. By late spring of that first school year, it was determined that two new buildings would be needed to handle the doubled enrollment expected for the following year. Three men, having designed one of the buildings themselves on a piece of brown paper, went out to raise the funds neces- sary to get those buildings up and opened by September. The result . . . Allen Hall, a new classroom building, and Griffith Hall, the dining and recreation building, were available to students the second year. During the next year an option was taken an 40 more acres of land to the north of the then-existing property and construction was begun on the Chapel of St. Edward, the gift of Frank J. Hightower to the memory of his family. ln l95l, a new classroom was built by popular sub- scription of the parents and named Miller Hall, after the donor of the original grounds. lt was then that Paul Mellon, of Washington, D. C., whose only connection with the school was his boyhood friendship with one of the parents, sent his personal gift of 525,000 which enabled Casady to exercise, at the last moment, their option to purchase the North Forty. ln l953, the most recent addition was made to the campus when the Hightower Science Building was built by popular subscription. The formative years at Casady School have been a miracle of growth . . . graduates of the school have been admitted ta the finest colleges of the land. From 40 acres, an old barn, 33 students and four fac- ulty, Casady has grown to 80 acres, five school buildings, 195 students, 26 faculty faculty and staff members . . . ALL IN EIGHT YEARS! - 3 i St. Edwards Chapel